Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-15
CHATSVORTH HORROR.
Several More of the Wounded PEG
pie Die and Others Known to be
Injured Fatally
A Civil Engineer Makes q Car Ia
Examination Of The Bridges and
Culyerts on the Line.
He Does Not Believe in the IncendJarr
Theory and Says Sufficient Precau
tiOa Was Not Taken.
CONDITION or TIE IN5rRED.


CHATswoRTH, ILL, Aug 1.-THE
six wounded who were in the town hall
passed quite s comfortable night, aud ere
decidedly improved Mrs. 4. II. CLARK,
Of R0otstOwn, and whose limbs were AN
pu.G Ell died e. j:50tais afternoon. Adam
Harnberser Of Peoris, IS shout the same.
TIE conductor ia charge decided he hed
better be removed to the Peoria hospital,
and he was taken there to-day. Mrs
Alter of West Point, lows. and DE-. Tszau
ard vile of Fort Madison, Iowa, are in
{roving rapidly. DR.. HszaD decided 10
take his wife home to-day Mr. TaylCr
off Comb, IS in critics. condition,
not improving since the amputation
Of his limb yesterday evening
The Others around tom are improving
At Piper City, about all the wounded are
improving except Mr.. StillWeIl Of West
Point, Ind, who is in = dangerous con
dition with but little hopes OF recovery.
Miss Adams of PeOria and Mr.. StrsChau
OF Syracuse, y. \ are quite low out m8Y
possibly get Well. There haye been no
deaths st PiOe- City since yesterday The
remains of Mrs, n j. Hicks have not been
found. Sunday has passed quietly here,
every one resting after their three days
excitement. Tlere are plenty of wil.in4
hands TO help the. remainder Of the
wounded ~hO are lefc in the town hsn
and different private dwellings. NJue Os
the churches had service to-day. Almost
the last vestige CT the wreck was removed
to-day or burned up.
AN ENGINEERS REPORT.
CHICAGO, LII, Aug. IA Times -pe-
ciNl from Ca2upAigue, Ill Ssys j.. o.
Baker, presideu. OF the Illinois N)cie.v o.
Engineers, and professor Ct civil egg.I-
eerlng in the University Of Illinois, re
turned last evening from g CaIetG! per
SOnsl examination Of the eGI.De-rIUG
problems Of the Chatsw0rlh disaster ana
the examination CT the condition q the
bridges and Cu!ver.s and the protection
from fire given these Culyerts Dg CHl:ials
and track hands. He favored the Times
reporter with the following: che in
CeldiATy theory has nc foundation what
ever. | ON unable personally 10 fpd shy
OF thecitiZens qf Ch8tsWOTth Who Eave seen
suspicious characters lOEfng shout 8 re
CURED by that theory. The.t1nes Of t1e
burning bridge were plainly seen from
ChatsWOrth for several hours before the
sCcident From the lay CT the lsud they
Ii u1Ls nave IlSSH uNc CT SiA 1ctt GJOF1 LLE
track to have been seen so fGr. II is
plain an attempt had been made 10 pro
tect the bridges of the road from fire, out
the inspection of other cuIyerts il that
vicinity shows it YVES not done to afford
complete protection. Personal inspection
along the line for miles shows that the
grass and weeds were all burned of
Calvert Itself was OF the usual build AMI
abuEdantly strong to carry the traIn out
Tor the fire which had destroyed the low
er portion. He added that be thought
probably that the fire left BY the section
men in the afternoon, wa9 By their OWE
testimony admitted thers was burning
grass only forty rods away, wss driven
down TO the cuiyert, where they We're
left by g slight change Of wind; otherwise
It is possible That sparks from the tTain
OF the superintendent CT bridges, the last
train before the fsted excursion, kiCdied
in the grass near the calvert, o.Ins5
slowly for long time, snd finally 'tre6
the culvart.